Solstice AdminSuite Domain-Based License Installation Notes

Solstice AdminSuite
Domain-Based License Installation Notes
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Contents
1. Solstice AdminSuite Domain-Based License Installation Notes 1
About Domain-Based Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Obtaining Domain-Based Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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▼ How To Determine the DNS Domain Name . . . . . .
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▼ How to Determine the NIS/NIS+ Domain Name. .
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▼ How to Contact the License Distribution Center . .
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▼ How To Install Domain-Based Licenses . . . . . . . . . .
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Problems Getting Your Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Domain-Based Password Request Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Solstice AdminSuite Domain-Based
License Installation Notes
This document provides instructions for acquiring and installing domain-based
licenses. Domain-based licenses support products licensed through the
ScholarPASS™ sales programs, and link software to network domains rather
than specific license servers (machine as indicated by host ID).
This document contains these topics.
About Domain-Based Licenses
page 1
Obtaining Domain-Based Licenses
page 3
How To Determine the DNS Domain Name
page 4
How to Determine the NIS/NIS+ Domain Name
page 5
How to Contact the License Distribution Center
page 5
How To Install Domain-Based Licenses
page 6
Problems Getting Your Passwords
page 7
Domain-Based Password Request Form
page 8
About Domain-Based Licenses
A standard license ties a product to a particular machine as defined by its host
ID, but domain-based licenses tie products to a network domain. To provide a
simple method for controlling access to the software, individual licenses can be
ordered for domains or subdomains.
Domain-based licenses function without using a centralized license manager
and without enforcing hard limits on the number of users. However, your
software license may limit the number of users; these limits are defined in the
licensing agreement.
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The licensed software operates as long as the requesting user of the licensed
software is on a valid network domain, for example:
Example—Valid User Requests
Domain Password
Issued
Requesting User’s Domain
my_org.org
my_org.org
my_org.org
eng.my_org.org
my_org.org
admin.my_org.org
eng.my_org.org
eng.my_org.org
eng.my_org.org
bld12.eng.my_org.org
Example—Invalid User Requests
Domain Password
Issued
Requesting User’s Domain
my_org.org
a_different.org.org
eng.my_org.org
my_org.org
eng.my_org.org
admin.my_org.org
my_org.org
eng.sun.com
The license agreement signed by your organization includes information about
the network domains where licensed software is installed. Licenses are issued
only for the domains associated with your site as described in your agreement.
Depending on how your network domains are set up, you can acquire a license
for a single product (or product feature) that makes it available on all of the
network domains at your site.
You also have the choice of receiving individual licenses for each domain and
subdomain. This allows you reasonable control of user access to the software.
For example, the license agreement may simply identify my_org.org as the
domain on which licensed software may operate. However, you can acquire a
license for a particular subdomain (for example, a subdomain of
eng.my_org.org) and limit access to the subdomain as well as its
subdomains.
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Obtaining Domain-Based Licenses
Domain-based licenses are available one to two weeks after your ScholarPASS
license agreement has been signed and approved. Check the date of the
agreement before requesting your license. You can order your license from the
License Distribution Center. Refer “How to Contact the License Distribution
Center” on page 5 for more information about how to contact the license
distribution center.
You can contact the License Distribution Center by email, fax, or telephone.
Order by email or fax, rather than by telephone, if possible. Although you can
request your activation key via email, fax, or phone, you will receive your
activation key only via email or FAX. Please fill in the activation key request
form (refer to “Domain-Based Password Request Form” on page 8) completely
before contacting the License Center.
This is the information that the License Distribution Center will need from you:
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Site number
This number identifies your organization for all ScholarPASS licensed
software. Upon approval of your agreement, a site number is assigned to
each site in your organization. If you don’t have this number, ask for it from
the individual who signed the licensing agreement for your organization.
•
Serial number from your Proof of License Certificate
The serial number is printed on the label attached to the Proof of License
Certificate. The Proof of License Certificate is part of your ScholarPASS
product package.
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General information, including:
• Your name and title
• Name and address of your organization—including ZIP code
• Your telephone and fax numbers
• Your email address
•
Network domain name(s) for the license(s)
The domain names that you supply are verified against the information that
was provided in the license agreement. A license will be issued only if your
requested domain(s) is associated with your site number. It’s a good idea to
use the widest network domains possible in your organization, taking into
account that you do not violate the terms of your licensing agreement by
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providing access to ineligible users. To determine the network domain
name, see “How To Determine the DNS Domain Name” on page 4 or “How
to Determine the NIS/NIS+ Domain Name” on page 5.
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Name and version number of the products for which you are requesting
licenses
▼ How To Determine the DNS Domain Name
If the file /etc/resolv.conf is used to specify the domain for the current
machine, that value is the DNS domain name. For example, the domain name
is superhero.com in this /etc/resolv.conf file:
——————/etc/resolv.conf——————
domain
superhero.com
nameserver 111.22.33.444
———end of /etc/resolv.conf———
If there is no domain name specified in /etc/resolv.conf, the
/usr/ucb/hostname command can be used to determine the DNS domain
name. If the hostname command returns a value which contains a period (.),
the value returned will be used as the DNS domain name. For example, the
value mighty_mouse.superhero.com is returned by this
/usr/ucb/hostname command:
% /usr/ucb/hostname
mighty_mouse.superhero.com
If the domain name listed in the /etc/resolv.conf file differs from the one
returned by the /usr/ucb/hostname command, the value in the
/etc/resolv.conf file takes precedence and should be registered as your
required domain.
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▼ How to Determine the NIS/NIS+ Domain Name
The value of the NIS or NIS+ domain is the output of the domainname
command. For example, the value superhero.com is returned by this
domainname command:
% domainname
superhero.com
▼ How to Contact the License Distribution Center
There are three ways to obtain licenses for these products:
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•
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Email
Fax
Phone
Licensing by email is the easiest method to obtain licenses.
•
All products can be licensed from an auto-response mail file, which means
you don’t have to license products individually.
•
All licensing data is stored in the auto-response mail file so you don’t have
to worry about mistyping the 15-character password.
•
You can ignore the product licensing items on the graphical License
Installation Tool window because all product license information is read
from the saved mail file.
Note – It may take up to 24 hours after submitting your license request before
you receive your license information via email of FAX.
You can contact a License Center locally or from outside a particular country
via email, phone, or FAX. At the main voice menu, simply follow the directions
for software licensing.
Refer to your license certificate for specific information about contacting the
license distribution center.
Obtaining Domain-Based Licenses
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▼ How To Install Domain-Based Licenses
You will receive password licenses from the License Distribution Center. The
current implementation of domain-based passwords does not use a separate
license server, so it is not necessary to run a license server to operate these
ScholarPASS configured products. Installation should take you 15 minutes.
1. Verify that you have the following directory.
% ls /basedir/SUNWadm/license_dir
In this command,
basedir
Specifies the directory where the software is
installed.
If you have the appropriate directory, skip to Step 3. If you do not, then
continue with Step 2.
2. Become root, then create this directory.
# mkdir /basedir/SUNWadm/license_dir
In this command,
basedir
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Specifies the directory where the software is
installed.
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3. Take the password information provided by the License Distribution
Center and save it in a text file:
License
File Name
ScholarPASS
sunpro.lic,sp
Make sure your file name contains both a period (.) and a comma (,). You
can append the contents of this new file to an existing domain-based
password file or create additional files with an incremented name (for
example, sunpro.lic,sp1, or sunpro.lic,sp2).
4. Verify the contents and location of the file (it should be placed in the
directory indicated in Step 1), then save the file.
Your licensed software is ready to use.
Problems Getting Your Passwords
The most common problems that occur in getting passwords are:
Problem
Solution
Unknown site number
Check the licensing agreement for the site
number or contact the individual in your
organization who signed the licensing
agreement. If you still can’t get the site number,
contact your SunSoft vendor.
The network domain
names are not associated
with the site number
Confirm the site number. If it is correct, you may
be requesting passwords for a domain not
associated with your site as described in the
license agreement. If you want to add or delete
domain names, obtain a Site Identification form
from your SunSoft vendor.
Problems Getting Your Passwords
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Domain-Based Password Request Form
Complete this form for each product and/or site for which you are requesting
a password for a license.
Contact Name and Title:
Company Name
Mailing Address:
City:
Country and Postal Code:
Email Address:
Telephone:
Fax Number:
Serial Number:
Product Name and Version:
Site Number:
Domain name(s) for above site number. Password(s) will be issued for eligible domains listed here:
Return password by:
❏ Email
❏ Fax
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